It's hard to believe that it's birthday time for Paige again. It seems like only a couple weeks ago that we were reserving the Mickey Mouse pool for the last one. It's very disturbing how fast she's growing up. It's like the old folks used to tell me when I was growing up that time seems to accelerate as you get older. I'm a believer now.
Anyway, it was an unusually cool July day for Arkansas, highs in the low- to mid-80's with exceptionally low humidity, it really felt more like late September or early October. The water felt great though but getting out was the worst thing since it felt so cool.
I spent the majority of the day cooking chicken wings and pork kabobs, Crystal was busy with the drinks, cake, ice cream. I iced down the drinks and Paige and I headed to the pool a couple hours early to get some swimming in and get things set up.
Lots of Paige's buddies from school were there, some of which were out of town on vacation or were unavailable. We wished they all could be there, but maybe they can make it next time. She got the usual obscene amount of presents and swam for a long time, she basically passed out as soon as we got home.
So that's it for this year, I'm sure next year's party will be another extravaganza, maybe I'll cook up some extra stuff. Regardless, we look forward to the next one already! It always makes us feel really good to see the kids have that much fun.
